Sullivan asks GOP aid to oust Coffin machine
Reginald H. Sullivan Democratic mayoral candidate demands Republican support to defeat George Coffin’s machine in Indianapolis. He urges GOP reps to repudiate the Coffin bloc, pledging a Democratic administration and cites lessons from civic groups, while predicting his fall election. Citywide poll set for Oct. 5 and a tribute to Thomas Taggart passes.
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George ¥. Coffin
Reginald H. Sullivan
Democratic City Committee
George (Ross) Coffin
Sullivan
Coffin
Hatsis
Indianapolis
City Manager League
Thomas Taggart
Frank Baker
George A. Werbe
Democratic
State Savings and Trust
Oldest man Li Ching-Yung claimed to reach 252 years
Kaihsien in southern Szechwan Province is the home of Li Ching-Yung, a druggist said to be born in 1677. Professor Wu Chung-Chieh cites dynastic records to back a 252 year age and notes Li recalls events from over a century ago while living with his 24th wife, age 60.
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Methuselah
Yunnan
Kweichow
Szechwan
Peping
Shanghai
Li Ching-Yun
Kang Hai
Hen Li
Peiping
Ing
Professor Wu
Commissioner Kern Proposes Old Fashioned Spanking Case
Commissioner Kern holds Jim W. Smith and Hazel Elizabeth Schaeffer on a Mann Act charge. Smith 21 and Schaeffer 17, Marion residents, accused of traveling together from Marion to St Louis and back. Kern suggests an old fashioned spanking as punishment and sets bonds at 2500 for Smith and 2000 for Schaeffer. The couple, both under five feet tall, say they plan to marry once out of trouble.
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John W. Kern
United States
Jim W. Smith
Hazel Elizabeth Schaeffer
Marion
Smith
Indiana State Reformatory
St. Louis
Alleged Burglar Held After Warehouse Robbery
Arthur Wibby, 23, was returned from Winchester Kentucky to Indianapolis to face burglary and receiving stolen goods charges. Ernest Crane, 20, of 1705 Morgan Street, already faces the same charges from the Bradley warehouse break in two months earlier involving merchandise worth over 600 dollars.
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Bradley
West Morris Street
Arthur Wibby
Indianapolis
Winchester
Ernest Crane
Morgan Street
Allied Printing Trades council opposes Alfred M. Glossbrenner for Indianapolis mayor
The Allied Printing Trades Council of Indianapolis issues a resolution opposing Alfred M. Glossbrenner as a Republican mayoral candidate. It calls him an ultra radical anti labor figure and warns his election would shrink wages and raise hours, urging united party action and campaign plans if nominated.
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Allied Printing Trades Council of Indianapolis
Alfred M. Glossbrenner
Alfred M. Grossbrenner
City of
Indianapolis
Wellas
Republican Party
Allied Printing Trades
George W Coffin
The
Public Press
Indianapolis Allied Printing Trades Council
E. Curtis White
Guy S. McCoy
Federal Reserve System Aids Banks Says Fletcher Vice President
L A Wiles vice president of Fletcher Savings and Trust told the Universal Club at the Columbia Club that federal reserve provisions prevent banks from removing more than a set currency amount from territorial limits and stop cornering the money market.
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Federal Reserve System
L. A. Wiles
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Universal Club
Columbia Club
Federal Reserve System of Banking
Wiles
Embry-Riddle Airways Cuts Fares on New Route Service
Donald A. McConnell, local representative, announced fare reductions on Embry-Riddle air mail planes citing boosted passenger business after three new round trips daily with larger cabins. Effective Tuesday, Cincinnati to Chicago drops to 27 one way and 49.50 round trip, Cincinnati to Indianapolis to Chicago trips reduced, Indiana routes lowered from prior higher rates.
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Embry-Riddle Air Mail
Donald A. McConnell
Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Liquor Cargo Seized Near Milwaukee Ship Utica Raid
Federal agents seized a boatload of Canadian whisky valued at about 25000 dollars from the S. B. Utica of Buffalo after it tied up in Milwaukee. Coast guardsmen and prohibition officers searched the ship for several hours and recovered hundreds of bottles from coal bins lifeboats and crew quarters.
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Milwauxee
Utica
Buffalo
N. Y
Prohibition
W. Frank Cunningham
Modern Mothers Help Create New Slogan
An advertisement touts Vicks VapoRub as a modern external cold remedy favored by mothers. It claims a shift away from dosing, notes widespread use beyond children, and cites rising yearly jar figures as the slogan evolves from 17 to 21 to over 26 million.
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Vicki VapoRub
America
Vicks
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Embry-Riddle Air Lines
Bellans
Page Liquor
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Men’s Union
the Fair Old
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